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Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend and then eating her organs has bond hearing

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Updated: 11:23 PM EDT Jun 10, 2015

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend and then eating her organs has bond hearing

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Updated: 11:23 PM EDT Jun 10, 2015

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WEBVTT NEWMAN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND EATING SOME OF HER ORGANS LAST SEPTEMBER. TODAY, A JUDGE IN CLARK COUNTY RULED JOSEPH OBERHANSLEY WILL STAY IN JAIL AND NOT BE ABLE TO POST BOND. ERICA COGHILL WAS AT THAT HEARING TODAY. SHE'S LIVE IN JEFFERSONVILLE WITH DETAILS. ERICA? VICKI, THIS AFTERNOON JOSEPH OBERHANSLEY WAS BACK IN COURT FOR A BOND HEARING. PROSECUTOR JEREMY MULL ARGUED OBERHANSLEY IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY AND NEEDS TO STAY BEHIND BARS. OBERHANSLEY: I APOLOGIZE FOR THE BEARD, I AM UNABLE TO SHAVE, ALL OF MY RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED. ERICA: AN APOLOGY FROM JOSEPH OBERHANSLEY ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TO COURT WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY HE RAPED AND STABBED 46-YEAR-OLD TAMMY JO BLANTON IN HER JEFFERSONVILLE HOME, THEN ATE SOME OF HER ORGANS. TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE HERE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT HE REMAIN INCARCERATED. ERICA: WHEN BLANTON WAS KILLED, OBERHANSLEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BEHIND BARS ON A $25,000 BOND FOR LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN JULY, BUT WITHOUT PROSECUTOR JEREMY MULL KNOWING, OBERHANSLEY'S BOND WAS LOWERED AND HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL. JEREMY MULL: I'M DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE HE IS NOT EVER ALLOWED TO MAKE BOND. ERICA: WEDNESDAY A JUDGE DECIDED OBERHANSLEY WILL STAY IN JAIL. DETECTIVES SAY OBERHANSLEY CLAIMS HE IS INNOCENT, AND THAT TWO BLACK MEN WHO FLED THE SCENE ARE RESPONSIBLE. WELL, THAT IS HIS STORY. WE KNOW THERE ARE AT LEAST A COUPLE BLACK FELLAS THRE. MAY HAVE BEEN POLICE OFFICERS, BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS PERCEPTIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS MENTAL CONDITION WAS THAT MORNING. ERICA: OBERHANSLEY'S ATTORNEY, MIKE MCDANIEL, SAYS TESTS MAY NEED TO BE RUN TO DETERMINE OBERHANSLEY'S MENTAL STATE. HE MADE SEVERAL OUTBURST